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During the year a letter was received from the County 

 Council enquiring which ancient Monuments the Club con- 

 sidered worthy of preservation under the ' ' Ancient Monu- 

 ments Act." On your behalf the Council rephed that it 

 thought the following ancient Monuments were ^worthy of 

 permanent and adequate protection. 



1. The Long Stone, Woeful Danes Bottom, near Minchin- 



hampton. 



2. The Hoar and Whittle Stones, near Lower Swell. 



3 A Barrow at Nympsfield (this is in the field above Frocester 

 Hill, and opposite to the entrance to Woodchester Park). 



4. Belas Knap Tumulus, near Winchcombe. 



5. Cleeve Hill Camp. 



6. Uley-Bury Camp near Dursley. 



The Hon. Secretary was instructed further to say that 

 a few years ago Lieut.-Col. Fairfax Rhodes, of Brockhampton 

 Park, at the suggestion of the Club, very readily took steps 

 to protect Belas Knap ; but that the ' ' monument ' ' was 

 now mentioned because it was thought that if " ofQcially " 

 protected, it would receive yet greater respect from the pubhc. 



With regard to Uley-Bury Camp, he was asked to state 

 that the Club had approached the owner, Mr Nigel R. F. 

 Kingscote, with the view of staying quarrying at the foot of 

 the rampart near the entrance (Proceedings, Vol. xvi., p. 

 195), and that Mr Kingscote had very kindly undertaken to 

 see that quarrying should cease ; but that the Council urged 

 that this fine C-amp should receive reasonable protection. 



The Members will recollect that after the reading of Mr 

 A. E. W. Paine's paper on a Cave in the Wye Valley, it was 

 decided to co-operate with the Bristol and Gloucestershire 

 Arch,^ological Society in its exploration. Permission has been 

 obtained from Mr Runciman to excavate, and it is hoped 

 that during the present year it will be possible to proceed. 

 The question is really very much one of finance. 



